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Top 14 AirPods Pro Tips and Tricks
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same, original airpods just fall out. the airpods pro stay in my ear. the NC is good but havent been able to test on an airplane. overall i really like these airpods.
the tip about how to remove the airpods is really helpful - i was trying to take them out with my index finger and thumb and almost dropping them every time. pulling them forward with my index finger and onto my thumb works great.
I have noticed that in MacOS and iOS, many application and device settings such as mouse, trackpad, and now AirPods are fragmented so that some settings are located in the preferences for the application or device, while other settings are located in the increasingly bloated Accessibility preferences. For example, in MacOS you configure trackpad scrolling speed not in Trackpad preferences, but in Accessibility. You configure spring loaded folders not in Finder preferences, but in Accessibility.
It seems that Apple is trying to score political points by saying "Look at us, we have this Accessibility thing with all these settings" when many of those settings would make more sense if they were located in the preferences for the relevant application or device.
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I haven't ordered a pair yet -- I've been strictly told to wait until Christmas -- but the problem with using these on an airplane is there is no way to hook them up to inflight entertainment. I used Sony's latest over-the-ear headphones on a recent trip to Europe and they were great, but I simply don't link wearing earmuffs on a daily basis. But I'm looking forward to the NC for my morning and evening commutes.
@joeblough or anyone - Are the AirPod Pro posts shorter than the predecessors? They look to be from pictures.
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Thank you, thank you, for tip number 1. I’d been fumbling while removing mine all week. Apple must have assumed that removing them from the case was so intuitive that there was no reason to demonstrate or mention the new design.
I read multiple apple tech sites and listen to several podcasts and early reviewers were fumbling to remove them from the case. One even said to grab them front to back with the ear tip.
I read multiple apple tech sites and listen to several podcasts and early reviewers were fumbling to remove them from the case. One even said to grab them front to back with the ear tip.
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There's no way to connect AirPods Pro to inflight entertainment out of the box, but there are a number of Bluetooth transmitters that let you do that. They seem to run in the $30-$50 range. I'm not planning to buy one because I usually have in-seat power on longer flights, though. A rechargeable battery pack is another option.
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I didn't get the original AirPods because I didn't think they'd stay in my ears and because I always found Apple's earbuds painful. But I gave the Pros a try because I want something much more compact than my Plantronics headphones for traveling.
I'm very impressed after a few days. With the large tips, the AirPods fit snugly without being uncomfortable. The noise canceling is quite good for sounds like AC and dishwashers — I haven't used them on a plane yet, but I expect them to work well. I don't think any NC does a great job with ambient noise like conversations, though over-the-ear headphones add a layer of physical isolation. Sound quality is surprisingly good for the size. I've even been able to hear a few details I hadn't picked up on previously.
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Price slightly high, but wife approves this as Christmas gift
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I went from 1 to 4 and considering 5
Pretty much a niche product, and an expensive one at that. As the design stands, I would need 2 pair to fly coast to coast in the US using active noise cancelation. That’s something I can do now with my Bose headphones and it is the primary reason I bought the Bose product. I wonder if the current AirPods could be retrofitted with a wire connected power pack while in use on long flights, one that would rest around my neck?
For those of you changing the silicon tips and getting somewhat frustrated as I did, take a closer look at the tips and note they are oval where they then connect to the pods... there's also a tiny vent hole (?) molded within the tips. I've found that matching up the oval of the tip to the oval of the EarPods and applying pressure, they are really easy to replace.
yep they are as the picture posted in response shows. i think they are more reasonable in length, a little less conspicuous.
i've been using them on a treadmill and although i can still hear the whirring of the machine it is much reduced by the NC. music sounds a lot better with the NC turned on. the first time i turned on the NC i was in my office with a bunch of computer fans and the fan noise just stopped... i thought the power had failed!
Thank you. I just returned from Apple with a pair. The shorter post sold me.
Great guide! by why-o-why has Apple still not given us a useful mute/unmute short cut and we are on iOS13 now! remember back in the old days you could just click the earphone button on your BlackBerry to toggle mute? Huge need for this for all the people joining conference calls on their iPhone and AirPods... right now it's the "unlock phone, find active call screen, hide dialpad, press mute" scramble whenever your colleague asks you a question...
Went to the Apple store to try the try-on. I was hoping I could wear them-- I could not wear the previous ones. They were impressive. But the left ear, in which the old AirPods would only stay for a minute or so before falling out. Now,, trying on the Pros, they started with the largest size. They were likely to stay, but the left could not get a good seal. The sound in the left was not ideal. So I got one more try when the Apple guy let me try the smallest. That wasn't going to work. I'm wondering, if someone knows, if I put one large bud in the right ear, and a medium bud in the left, would the AirPods Pro explode? Or not work.
Agree, using different size tips in each ear would work if that's what fits best. I've also found that slight positional changes (e.g., rotating the AirPods slightly) makes a difference to the sound.
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Apple says you can get 4.5 hours of use on a full charge and an hour of use from a 5 minute charge, so you could theoretically make it coast-to-coast with only a short interruption for recharging. As well, if you're just using NC but not listening to music for at least part of the time, you might get even more time between charges.
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I just tried to play a sound on them with the AirPods in the case and it works like the original AirPods. Opening the case without removing the AirPods resulted in a notice saying they were found but it did not cause the AirPods to chirp or make a sound.
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I have a lingering issue with my AirPods Pro. If I say, "Hey Siri, text my wife ..." She responds, "You will need to unlock your iPhone first ..." If my iPhone is awake, Siri simply brings me to the Messages app and will not take dictation. I am noticing that this behavior is the same whether or not I have my headphones. I was fairly certain that Siri would take dictation before. I would like that functionality back.
This comes down to personal taste. If I want to hear something without disturbing others, all I want to do is plug headphones into an audio jack and listen. I don't want to have to update software, troubleshoot connections, etc. And if I don't happen to have my headphones with me or can't find them, any other readily available, inexpensive headphones will work. I freely plead to being old-fashioned, but maybe not totally out of touch as I do keep up with most things. I just think that Apple and others are unnecessarily trying to "improve" something that already works well, that, you know, "just works."